D'f'-1//N/1111W1 I t W 'YD/l4/pr !I 4. GENESIS 39 eft 41 42 43 of his fore labors, Gcn.31.38,4o.and had not God provided this way for his recompcnfe, Laban would have lènt Iakob away empty, Gen.31.42. V.39.rìng- 7raked] with a round drake, or ring about their legs, as if they were tied about. The Greeke faith white : fo in Gen.3 ¡.8. Verf4o.thelambs] which were fo (potted and particoloured. verf.39. gave] that is, fa, or turned the faces of the (beep towards them,that by Peeing them, they might conceive the like: as they did before, by feeing the pilled rods in the troughes. VerC41. Luffy] or ffrvng. The Hebrew word lignïheth bound together; which may be underilood both oftheir bodies rel-fit and trnff together, and of theirconf'iring together the male and female for engendriug Which was at the beginning of the yeere, and therefore the Chaldee tranflateth it, the f renard (or fit ff borne.) Verf.42.fteble] or late ward, as the Chaldee alto tranflateth it,er engendred late. It hath the lignifi- cation of covering:and it may be underllood,when they were thicke covered with wool, as towards the end of fummer, when they are not fo ftrong for generation. Verl..43. encrealid] Hebrew brakeforth: as v. 3o. Gen.28.14. The Greeke here tranflateth it, wexed rich. exceedingly] or zehitnently : doubling the word to inlarge the fenfe,as in Gen.. r 9.Thtas e- ven inoutward blellings,God kept hispromife to Iakob,Gen.ig.t 5. and delivered him from cove- tous Labans injuries, Gen.3 t .7.42.enriched him with his Gtbftattcc, Gen.31.9. as elfewhere the Lord promifeth, that his people (hall rob goof that robbed andfpoile thole that 'toiled them: Ezek. 39.10. Ofhe things in this chapter and other the like, the HebrewDoétors give this commen- dation. Marvelous myfl cries are in the bifloriesofhe holy law: that none is able to tell the praifi of the excel - leneie thereof, and of the hid things of the fame, yea even then, when hill ories are fotmdin the Law, which may be thought tsunecefàrie and unprofitable. And when wee read in the law, wee kirk (PGod ) fir thehiilories;by which he bath plowedeternall life amongff ais, at by the ten Commandements, (Exod.2o.) For when a man re- Inn eth the voile of blindneffe f to ff hit face, bee (hall find in that woke: antotmtaineof fioes and offrankin- cenfe: neither bath the eye feent, OGod, befides thee: (Efay 64.4.)R.Menachem, on Gen.3o. MAAPAMAPAMAAMAA3:ñ: M C n n P. XXXI. 1, Laban and his fro , envy Iakábsprofferity. 3, God biddethhim riten ne into Canaan. 4, He ac geeainteth his wives herewith, complaining oftheir fathers hard dealing. 14, T hey agree to got with him. 17, fo they all flee 'eeret- ly. 19, Rachel fl ealeth her fathers images. 22, Laben purfitetbafter him. 26, and oomplaineth of the wrong; 33, and fearched:forhisimages; 34, but Rachel inpolioie hideth them. 36, Iakob chideth with Labatt, for abufing and hard ufage of him. 43 Laban wouldmake a covenant, 45, which Iakob *oiled unto, and it is confirmed by figne,anoath,avdabanquet; 55, fo they part ;tips ace. XXXI. Jakob envied. ANd he heard , the words of Labans fons,faying;Iakob bath raken,all that was our fathers : and of that which war our fathers hath bee made all this glo- rie. And Iakob law, the face of Laban ; and behold it was not with him, asin former dayes. And Jehovah faid unto Jakob ; Re- turne,unto the land of thy fathers,and to thy kinred : and I will be withthee. And Jakob fent,and called Rachel and Leah:to the field unto hisRocke. And he faid unto them,I fee your fathers face, that it it not toward mee, as in former daies:and the God of my father bath been with me.Andyeknow,that with- al my able - ower,I have ferved yourfatner. And your father hath deceived me,& chan- ged my wages,ten times : but God hath not given him to doe me evil. If he Paid thus, The fpeckled fhall be thy wages ; then bare all the cattell,fpeckled:and ifhe faid thus,the ring - Braked lhall be thy wages;then bare all thecattel,ring- flraked.And God,hath taken away the cattell of your father , and given them tome. And it was,in the time that the cartel conceived ; that I lifted up my eyes, and Caw in a dreame : and behold the bee - goats which leaped -up on the cattell, were ring- ffraken, fpeckled and grilled. And the Angel of God faid santo mein a dreame ; Ja- kob:and I faid,Loe here I am. And bee fayd, Lift -up now thine eyes, and fee, all the hee- goats, that leape up on the cartel ; are ring - ftraked,fpeekled and grifly: for I have feen- all that Laban doeth unto thee.I am the God of Beth- el,wherethou anointedll the pillar, where thou vowedit unto me, a vow: now, arife goe our from this land, and return unto the land of thy kinted.And Rachel and Leah anfwered,and faid unto him: Is there yet for us,aay portion or inheritance, in our fathers houle r' Are we not counted of him, fir-an- gers,: for he bath fold as: and eating he bath eaten upalfo,our money. For, all the riches, which God bath taken -away from our fa- ther ; that belangeth to us,and to our fonnes and now, all that God hath laid unto thee, doe thou. And Jakob arole, and tooke up his fops, and hiswives,upon camels.And he led away all his cattell, and all hisfubffance which he had gathered;the cartel of his get- ting which he had gathered in Padan A- ram : for to come unto Ifaak his father, in the land of Canaan. And Laban was gone to fheare his fheepe: and Rachel had ftollen the Teraphims,that were her fathers. And Jakob fiale from the heart of Laban the Syrian : 2 3 4 S 6 7 8 9 IO II 13 14 IS 16 17 18 19 20 /,// / / / /// 11111111
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